New tank for Tom

Over the last few days Lyndon has been checking out Mudah (which is like Trademe for my NZ readers) :-) for a 2nd-hand tank for Tom. We've done a bit of research and looked at lots of videos about Red-eared slider turtles to find out a bit more about them and see what they like. Tom is definitely a male :-) Males are smaller than the females, but have longer claws and a longer tail.

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Today Lyndon and Aaron went off to check out this tank and bought it home. It's 4ft long and is now set up on our lounge balcony. The stand is a bit rusty, but one day I will get round to giving it a new coat of paint. It came with the picture on the back and we bought the filter over the weekend.

Introducing Tom to his new home.


He was very busy exploring ...



Tonight Lyndon went back to the pet shop and got a floating basking rock for him and a plant (which seems kind of lonely all by itself so might have to get some more).

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iPad Fever!

Here's a LO I put together last night using February's main kit "Daydream Believer" with a couple of bits from the "Pleasant Valley" add-on kit.

I was so excited when my kits arrived yesterday from Scrappin Studio :-) After the kids were in bed I ignored the housework that needed to be done and started playing. Took me a while to get into the groove of scrapping again actually ... it's been a few months since my last LO!!

The main kit comes with some natural chipboard thickers. I inked them with distress ink. The buttons and little wooden 'oh happy day' banner are from the add-on kit.

Love the little journal box stamp too.

Red cardstock, thread and mustard and pumice stone distress inks are from my stash.

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If you are in Asia and want to order a Studio Calico kit then contact Scrappin Studio :-)

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Tom Turtle Art

Yesterday Maddison drew and coloured a picture of Tom. I think Aaron may have helped with the outline of the turtle a little bit and I am sure he drew the evil eyebrows! But she did the rest.

:-) It has pride of place on the fridge.

Sorry it's sideways - I don't know why and I find it very frustrating that it's doing this!

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Glad today is nearly over ...

It's been a day and I am sure glad it's nearly over. Tom Turtle's cage needed to be cleaned again this morning. Not sure the bench is the best place for him with my sensitive nose! ;-) He was very busy exploring the basin while I cleaned up his mess.

Friday night we started having problems with the power in the master bedroom - lights flickering and ceiling fan slowing right down, power outlets turning on and off. Lyndon spent several hours on Saturday fixing various problems in the switchboard, but decided the fault was in the mains board outside our unit. Anyway it seemed to come right late Saturday, but last night power to the master bedroom, guest bedroom, family room, foyer and washing machine was cut. I sent of emails to those concerned and today have had to deal with nincompoops! Seriously I am so over people shuffling paper and not wanting to take responsibility! And the excuses! (They are something else altogether!) Anyway after several heated discussions (on my part!) the problem got solved today. This is what the mains board looked like! No wonder our lights were flickering!

This afternoon (partly due to one or two of my "heated discussions") management also arranged for a supplier to come and measure and quote for a new glass panel for our balcony. I sat on the couch and watched and then just couldn't stand it any longer, I just had to say something! The guy was measuring the length of glass needed with his HAND!! Seriously, how unprofessional and incompetent is that. I stood up and said "Are you guys serious? Would you like me to find my tape measure?!!!" I couldn't believe it .... how could they turn up to do a measure and quote without even a tape measure!

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The cleaner has been here today, but you wouldn't have thought so after the kids had finished dinner! Luckily Maddison was persuaded to help clean up the mess! :-)

The banana muffins I was planning to bake this morning finally got baked about 5pm tonight due to all the interruptions of tradesman and power being turned on and off. I used some of these sprinkles to decorate the icing. :-)

Tomorrow is a holiday ... we are planning a trip to a pet shop to ask some questions about looking after turtles! :-)

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New Family Member!

Met our new family member! :-) One of my crafty friends is moving to India soon and of course couldn't take their pet turtle with them. So we were lucky enough to adopt him. :-) I kept it as a surprise for the kids and this morning told them that I would have something very special for them when they got home from school! Maddison asked if it was food and Aaron asked if it was Hotwheels or the new ball game he had seen on YouTube! (they have a one track mind sometimes those two!)

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He's quite large ... bigger than my hand actually.
I love watching his head pop in and out hehehee
Maddison's comment was "I LOVE turtle, thank you Mummy"!
Samuel's comment was "Uppa Uppa Uppa" which interpreted is Up Up Up! :-)
Aaron couldn't keep still enough to take a photo he was so excited!
After a while they asked me what his name was. I said the people that looked after him before just called him Turtle. Aaron looked kinda funny at me. So I asked if they wanted to choose a name. In the end they decided on Tom Turtle :-)

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After showers tonight Samuel found a way to uppa uppa to see Tom Turtle! He pushed a dining chair over and climbed right up on the bench!
Yes don't mind me at all! (I am hoping that the turtle doesn't snap his little fingers! Turtles might not have teeth, but I am sure their bite would hurt!!).
Was difficult to get Aaron and Maddison to go to bed actually because they kept wanting to come out and see Tom sleeping. Aaron actually crept into Maddison's room and they "hid" behind the curtains talking about him heheehee

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Looking forward to more adventures with Tom.

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